[Verse 1]
What can you see from your window?
I can't see anything from mine
Flags on the side of the highway
Scripture on grocery store signs
Maybe eighteen is too early
Maybe thirty or forty is too
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
Before he sent down his angels for you?
[Chorus 1]
Mamas and grandmamas love you
'Cause that's all they know how to do
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
[Verse 2]
Your wife said this all would be funny
When you came back home in a week
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
In a bar or a tent by the creek
Your baby would just about be here
Your very last tour would be up
But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
Drinking sweet tea in Styrofoam cups
What can you see from your window?
I can't see anything from mine
Flags on the side of the highway
Scripture on grocery store signs
Maybe eighteen is too early
Maybe thirty or forty is too
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
Before he sent down his angels for you?
[Chorus 1]
Mamas and grandmamas love you
'Cause that's all they know how to do
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleeping in your dress blues
[Verse 2]
Your wife said this all would be funny
When you came back home in a week
You'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
In a bar or a tent by the creek
Your baby would just about be here
Your very last tour would be up
But you won't be back, they're all dressing in black
Drinking sweet tea in Styrofoam cups
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